Tony AbbottAC– former Australian Prime Minister, a former member of the Australian House of Representatives who represented Warringah for the Liberal Party, and a former minister in the Howard government; (left after graduation from the junior school to attend Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview)[20]
Sir Maurice ByersCBE,QC–Solicitor-General of Australia during the Australian constitutional crisis of 1975[21]
Nick GreinerAC– former chairman of Infrastructure NSW; 37th Premier of New South Wales (1988–1992); Member of the Legislative Assembly representing Ku-ring-gai for the Liberal Party (1980–1992)[citation needed] (also attended Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview)
Joe HockeyAO– current Australian Ambassador to the United States; former Member of the Australian House of Representatives, representing North Sydney for the Liberal Party; former minister in the Howard Government; served as Treasurer of Australia in the Abbott Government[24]
John Ormond Kennedy – Member of Victorian Legislative Assembly representing Hawthorn for the Labor Party 2018–2022
Michael L'EstrangeAO– former Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade; former Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom; former Secretary to Cabinet; Rhodes Scholar[26]
Dick MeagherMP– former Speaker, and a former Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Sydney-Phillip, then Tweed and then Phillip, variously for Labor and as an independent representative between 1895 and 1917; former Lord Mayor of Sydney (1895–1920) (also attended St Stanislaus' College)[28]
Jonathan O'DeaMP– Member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly representing Davidson for the Liberal Party 2007–2023 (also attended Saint Ignatius' College, Riverview)[29]
Simon Rice OAM–Professor Emeritus, University of Sydney Law School[30]
Tim Stephens– Professor of International Law, University of Sydney Law School
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